Polls show Jara with strong support in the first round of voting. But will that carry her through a likely run-off?

Angela Rifo has experienced unspeakable violence. During Chile’s seventeen-year dictatorship, the trade unionist was detained ...

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has congratulated his government's communist candidate, Jeannette Jara, and far-right ...

Chile’s former labor minister Jeannette Jara and far-right leader Jose Antonio Kast will face a presidential run-off after leading Sunday’s first-round vote, provisional results showed. With 82.97% ...

Leftist former Labour Minister Jeannette Jara and far-right leader Jose Antonio Kast set to face off in December run-off ...

Jeannette Jara, the candidate from the governing leftist coalition and Communist Party, is leading Chile's presidential race with 31.3% of the votes. Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast follows with ...

With nearly 80% of the vote counted and results still trickling in, Chile's left-wing President Gabriel Boric recognised Jara ...

Jeannette Jara (C), member of the Chile Communist Party, celebrates her victory in the primaries for the leftist presidential candidate, in Santiago, Chile, on Sunday. Photo by Elvis Gonzalez/EPA-EFE ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Saddled with an unpopular incumbent president, Chile's left has made a bold choice to contest a resurgent right in November's election - Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist ...

Jeannette Jara, candidate from the leftist coalition and Communist Party, is currently leading Chile's presidential race with 31.3% of the votes. She is followed by Jose Antonio Kast, a far-right ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara, the country's former labor minister, won the primary election for left-wing parties Sunday with surprising ease, beating out a more moderate rival ...